Howard Sinclair Turner

Background

Turner, Howard Sinclair was born on November 27, 1911 in Jenkintown, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Joseph Archer and Helen (Carre) Turner.

Education

Bachelor of Arts, Swarthmore College, 1933; honorary Doctor of Laws, Swarthmore College, 1977; Doctor of Philosophy, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1936.

Career

Researcher, E.I. duPont de Nemours & Company, Inc., 1936-1947; director research and development, Pittsburgh Consolidation Coal Company, 1947-1954; vice president research and development, Jones & Laughlin Steel Corporation, 1954-1965; president, Turner Construction Company. New York City, 1965-1970; chief Executive officer, Turner Construction Company, 1968-1976; Chairman of the Board, Turner Construction Company, 1971-1978; also board directors, Turner Construction Company, 1952-1981. Director Global Assessment of Functioning, 1969-1979, Jones & Laughlin, 1965-1970 Ingersoll-Rand, 1969-1983,Asarco, 1971-1981.

Trustee Teachers Insurance and Annuity Association, 1970-1980, Dime Savings Bank of New York, 1973-1983, Wistar Institute Biological Research, 1980-1991. Adviser to Question Manager General on research, 1942-1944, Office Industrial Applications, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, 1962-1965. Member visiting committee department chemical engineering Carnegie Institute Technology, 1962-1965.

Member visiting committee department сivil engineering Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1974-1977. Mem.tech. advisory board Department Commerce, 1963-1967. Member Viet Nam task force Department of Health, Education and Welfare, 1966.

Member research and engineering advisory council Physician organization Department, 1967-1968. Executive Committee division engineering National Research Council, 1967-1971. Member President's Science Advisory Committee, 1972.

Member of advisory committee Center for Building Technology, National Bureau Standards, 1973-1975. Member of advisory council School Architecture and Urban Planning, Princeton University, 1974.

Achievements

• Howard Sinclair Turner has been listed as a noteworthy construction company executive by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Member Swarthmore Borough Council, 1944-1947. Board managers Swarthmore College, 1952-1964, 68-72. Trustee American Academy Educational Development, 1978-1987, C.F. Kettering Foundation, 1979-1983.

President Industrial Research Institute, 1962. Member council Rockefeller University, 1979-1985. Board visitors, governor Washington College, 1983-1989.

Member American Chemical Society, Directors Industrial Research (emeritus), Committee for Economic Development (honorary trustee), National Academy Engineering, Phi Beta Kappa, Sigma Xi, Phi Kappa Psi.

Connections

Married Katharine Swett, 1936. Children: Susan, Helen Christine, Barbara Jean.

Father:

Joseph Archer Turner

Mother:

Helen (Carre) Turner

Spouse:

Katharine Swett

child:

Barbara Jean Turner

child:

Helen Christine Turner

child:

Susan Turner